A strange occurrence in football is the palpable excitement sparked by the calendar’s inclusion of numerous dates.
This Friday morning in Scotland, fully grown adults will behave like children. booking trains, checking hotel reservations, and doing a military-grade Google map scan of every bar that runs from a train station to a stadium.
The 3 p.m. on a Saturday night died
There are three of them in the Scottish Premiership opening day of this year, which is an odd coincidence.
On Saturday, Kilmarnock host Livingston and Motherwell take on Russell Martin’s Rangers in two games.
Then, on Sunday, three more games will follow, including Celtic’s clash with St Mirren, while Hearts and Aberdeen will play on Monday to bring the whole thing to a close.
Curiously, Kilmarnock v. Livingston actually kicks off at 15:00 BST on Saturday, with only one game remaining. Traditionalists will burn their match shows and throw their Bovril out the window as a result.
What year did Old Firm release its first game?
Yes, yes, the Premiership has three city derbies. There is no bias toward the west here.
However, the chant will be particularly loud during Celtic and Rangers’ first home game of the season. Given the division between the two clubs last season, there will be plenty of anticipation for the Ibrox side to see how their respective teams fare against Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic.
Both teams will both have already qualified for European competition, giving this one an advantage.
The first Old Firm meeting will be held on August 31 with a noon kick-off for Rangers, who collected seven points in derbies last term and still came in miles behind.
The Dundee Derby takes place when? Dens Park is where it was the day before. By then, will United still be present in Europe? Will Steven Pressley, a former rival in his playing days, have a flying flier with the blue half of the city?
Then, before the Edinburgh derby takes center stage, you have to wait until the first weekend in October.
The Premiership fixtures: will they change?
You can bet on it, Killie Pie fans.
To date, only a select number of television fixtures have been made. Basically, the festive Edinburgh derby, the first Old Firm game, and the opening two weekends.
Beyond that, the calendar is currently unsettlingly straightforward. However, you can’t book your Dundee hostel.
While European football has the potential to cause chaos, many games will still be shifted for television.
Both Celtic and Aberdeen are guaranteed group stage football, with the latter almost certainly moving a lot of games on Sunday.
Which team’s Premiership debut is the most challenging?
Regardless of who you ask, “My team,” the answer will remain the same.
Every player’s favorite team has been dealt a bad hand, just like football fans, who are not known for their impartiality or rational thinking.
Have they, or not?
The opening four games feature Celitc, Rangers, and an away trip to Easter Road, and it appears that St Mirren, who have them as their friends at Opta, have had it the hardest.
Next up is Dundee, where Rangers, Hibs, Kilmarnock, and a derby are played on a plastic pitch. Then Martin’s Ibrox side is opened by Motherwell.
The SPFL supercomputer, which is said to have been built in Edinburgh, is said to have had the softest beginnings with both capital clubs.
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What Premiership games are planned this year?
Scottish football has played games on Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, Hogmanay, and even New Year’s Day.
The over-the-top Motherwell fans who watched their team lose to Hamilton Academical on January 1st, 2015, still have their thoughts.
However, the calendar has changed this year to reflect any significant holidays.
The Edinburgh derby kicks off on December 27 at 12:30 GMT, with a full card being chosen for that day.
The Dundee and Glasgow derbies, which kick off the new year with a blockbuster start, will give us six games on Tuesday, December 30.
By the end of 2027, the European Commission has unveiled a plan to completely stop imports of Russian gas.
The Group of Seven summit’s final day in Canada’s Kananaskis resort on Tuesday would immediately impose new contracts to purchase Russian gas. By the end of 2027, it would cut short any long-term contracts and allow existing short-term contracts to expire by June 2027.
Ursula von der Leyen, Commission President, stated that “to achieve peace through strength, we must put more pressure on Russia to secure a real ceasefire, bring Russia to the bargaining table, and put an end to this war.” To accomplish that goal, sanctions are essential.
As part of the unveiling of the plan, Russia launched 32 missiles and 440 drones into Kyiv, killing 26 people and injuring 134. Railway infrastructure was impacted and the fires were sparked by the attack. Additionally, Odesa suffered a lot.
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, deliberately does this right before the G7 summit. Andrii Sybiha, the country’s foreign minister, said it was a clear sign of total disrespect for the United States and other countries that call for the end of the conflict.
Following a call with Trump on Sunday, Putin immediately sent 183 strike drones and 11 different type missiles into Ukraine.
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The commission claims that during the war, the European Union’s imports of Russian energy have fallen by almost 80%. However, last year, it purchased about 22% of its oil and 20% of its gas from Russia for about 22 billion euros ($25bn).
According to a recent study from the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air, the Kremlin would lose 22 percent of its gross income if it were to stop receiving that money.
The main opposition groups have been Hungary and Slovakia, who have voiced opposition to a complete import ban. They contend that there aren’t many alternatives to Russian oil and gas because of their landlocked status.
Because Ukraine shut down the Yamal pipeline, which transports Russian gas from Ukraine to Slovakia, in January, Slovak Premier Robert Fico referred to Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “an enemy of Slovakia.” TurkStream is the only remaining functioning Russian pipeline through Europe.
Hungary vetoed a statement of support for the ban the day before the commission’s announcement.
In 2022, the EU planned to impose a ban on Russian imports of coal and oil, and it has since begun.
By threatening to uninsure tankers selling more than that amount, the EU and the G7 also announced a $60 per barrel cap on Russian oil for sales to anyone else in the world in December 2022.
Estonian Kaja Kallas, then-premier and current EU head of foreign policy, wrote on Twitter, “It is no secret that we wanted the price to be lower.” She said that a price between $30 and $40 would significantly damage Russia.
This week, there was rumor that the EU and the G7 would lower the cap to $45.
Because of the fact that Moscow would still generate an estimated 215 billion euros ($248bn) from sales to other countries even if the EU did not stop buying Russian energy.
However, the EU announced that the initiative was being halted as a result of rising energy costs, partially as a result of Israel’s war against Iran.
Von der Leyen told reporters on the G7 meeting that the current $60 cap “had little effect” despite the price of oil, “but in the last days, we have seen that the oil price has increased]and] the cap in place serves its purpose. There is therefore little pressure to lower the oil price cap at the moment.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, disagreed. Moscow will suddenly sound peaceful, he wrote on the Telegram messaging platform. “If Russian oil is sold for no more than $30 per barrel, then it will suddenly sound peaceful.”
Without a profit margin, Russia’s extraction costs are estimated to be what it will pay to start war prosecutions.
identifying the flaws
Russia partially escaped the oil cap by purchasing a “shadow fleet” of tankers that were not insured in the G7 and EU. The UK approved 20 tankers on Tuesday in addition to the 100 that were last month. Australia’s first targeted sanctions against the shadow fleet were imposed on 60 vessels the day after they were put in place.
Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from the US, announced on Friday that he and Republican Senator Richard Blumenthal were working with the Trump administration to put together a sanctions package that would impose secondary sanctions on nations that still import Russian energy.
A bill to impose severe sanctions and tariffs on Russia and its financial backers has more than 84 co-sponsors in the Senate and 70 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives, Graham wrote in a column.
On April 1, there were 50 senators who had risen to that number. Trump has opposed sanctions, preferring to annoy Putin over to cajole him.
In a Saturday interview with US outlet Newsmax, Zelenskyy decried that approach.
He said that the conversation between America and Russia today resembled a warm conversation. This won’t stop Putin, let’s be clear. It is necessary to change the tone. Putin must be aware that the United States will support Ukraine, including by imposing sanctions and supporting our military.
According to Politico, the EU was also considering moving about 200 billion euros worth of frozen Russian assets from Belgium’s “special purpose fund” from the Euroclear system.
The Belgian central bank, which is secure but offers low returns, is where Euroclear can only make investments right now. The new fund would be able to make riskier investments, which might result in more money being invested in helping Ukraine.
Small victories and astronomical losses
Over the past week, Russia has continued to attack Ukrainian positions with little success.
According to Zelenskyy, the Russian offensive’s day 18 or 19 was intended to bring about a breakthrough for Ukraine and Russia. He claimed that the Ukrainian side had defeated a significant portion of the Russian advance, preventing unification of Russian forces.
On Saturday, Russian forces took control of the village of Horikhove in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine.
That and other Russian incremental gains have had a significant impact on life.
On June 12, British Defense Intelligence estimated that Russia had lost a million lives, with 40 to 50 percent likely irrecoverable losses, including those who had been killed, missing, presumed dead, or were irrevocably injured, according to estimates from the country’s Defence Intelligence.
In the first five months of this year, around 200, 000 of those casualties were thought to have been caused, which suggests Russia’s casualty rate is rising.
Russian casualties have roughly doubled each year since the start of the war, according to the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War.
According to the Ukrainian General Staff, 340 casualties were reported daily in 2022 by Russian forces, up from 693 in 2023 and 1,177 in 2024. Russian daily casualties have reached 1, 286 on average this year.
Born with a serious eye condition, England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton was told by doctors she should not play football.
The 24-year-old has had multiple operations to try and correct her vision but it is not perfect and she still has depth perception issues.
It is remarkable she has defied the odds and is now heading to Euro 2025 as England’s number one.
“I’ve always gone through life trying to prove people wrong,” Hampton said.
“I was told from a young age that I couldn’t play football, that it wouldn’t be a profession I could pursue. But here I am.”
Hampton has been used to setbacks and her career has been far from smooth.
She was dropped by England months after being part of the winning Euro 2022 squad.
‘She was born to be a footballer’
When Carla Ward arrived at Birmingham City as their new manager in 2020 she had already heard about teenager Hampton.
“We spoke on the first day. I wanted to know where she wanted to be,” Ward told BBC Sport.
“She was an endearing character, as well as being a livewire, like most goalkeepers. But she articulated things in a way that was far more mature than her age.
“It was on day two that I really saw what everyone was talking about. She was one of the most talented individuals I’ve ever worked with.
“Everyone has different talents but she was born to be a footballer.”
Hampton broke into the first team at the age of 16 after switching positions from a striker to a goalkeeper, and was well known in England’s youth team set-ups.
Her international manager at the time, Rehanne Skinner, had seen her talent up close.
“She played with both feet. There are very few people in the game who can play off their weaker foot and hit it 60 yards with pinpoint accuracy,” said Skinner.
During an England Under-19s game against Sweden, Skinner instructed Hampton to do one thing – hit it long.
“Hannah got an assist within the first 10 minutes of the game. We won 4-0. Not a lot of goalkeepers have those tools,” said Skinner.
“As time has gone on, with maturity, being in the right settings and doing a lot of work behind the scenes, she has grown and put her attention into using those strengths to the best of her ability.”
Ask anyone about Hampton and they all say the same thing – that she is technically gifted and excellent with the ball at her feet.
Former Birmingham and England team-mate Ellen White said Hampton would get involved in ‘rondos’ in training and playing outfield “wasn’t alien” to her.
But when Hampton revealed the extent of her eye condition – called strabismus – in the media, White admitted it was “probably a shock to a lot of people”.
“She probably has to adapt a bit to combat it, but you wouldn’t ever know if you saw her training. She is crazy and would throw herself at anything,” added White.
“Her passing range is second to none, the way she moves and dives, and controls the ball. She’s up there as one of the most exciting young goalkeepers in world football.
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‘I’ve proven people wrong’
Like all young players thrust into the limelight, White admitted Hampton was a “little immature” when they first played together at Birmingham.
“Her emotions would take hold of her a lot, which they would do for any 16-year-old, and it was about dealing with the ups and downs.
“You won’t save a goal every time. Managing her emotions needed time, experience and understanding.
“I tried to take her under my wing a little bit and give her that guidance. I felt at that time she would be a very good goalkeeper but she needed some help.”
Hampton rose through England’s ranks, making her senior debut against future world champions Spain in 2022.
She made the squad for Euro 2022 but months after celebrating victory – often seen dancing with White during laps of honour – her career hit a stumbling block.
Reports suggested she was dropped from the England squad because of her behaviour and she had to wait until March 2023 for a recall, when manager Sarina Wiegman said Hampton had “sorted out personal issues”.
Speaking about that time, Hampton said the stories were “hurtful” and she revealed on the Fozcast podcast recently that she had considered quitting football.
“I was a very young girl when all the stories came out and you’re not really prepared for that. You don’t expect it,” she told reporters on Tuesday.
“There have been moments when everyone [in the squad] has probably thought they were in a tough position, but you get each other out of it.
“You can’t let all the media scrutiny win. If you do that it just adds fuel to the fire and I wasn’t willing to accept that.
“I wanted to show who I am as a person and show that wasn’t always true. I thought ‘just dig in’. I think I can say that I’ve proven people wrong.”
Ward managed Hampton at Aston Villa at the time, having brought her with her from Birmingham.
She fielded questions about Hampton’s situation in news conferences and left the goalkeeper out of the squad against Chelsea for the “best interests” of the team.
“We had an aligned agreement between Sarina, myself and Hannah on how we would help her with it,” said Ward, reflecting on the time.
“It was a difficult time for Hannah but it was probably a moment that really helped her. It was the moment she realised she had good support around her.
“She was a young kid that just really needed support.”
White, who captained England for Hampton’s debut, retired from international football just before she was dropped from the squad.
But White believed Hampton “just needed time” to mature and felt she did that under former Chelsea manager Emma Hayes when she joined them in 2023.
Having “an arm around her shoulders” helped, said White, as well as the drive to become Chelsea’s number one and get another shot on the international stage.
“It’s obviously not ideal not being selected for England. A lot of things transpired. Fair play to her because she did just get her head down and work hard,” said White.
“She just had to rebuild some of those relationships and gain them back in the England squad. I feel like she let her football do the talking.
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‘Filling the gloves’ of Earps at the Euros
Ward and Hampton remain in close contact. The goalkeeper phones during Ward’s interview with BBC Sport, asking what name her daughter wants on the back of a new England shirt in time for Euro 2025.
“It doesn’t surprise me how well she has done. I always knew she would be England’s number one and I think she’s one of the best I have ever seen,” said Ward after confirming her daughter wants ‘Hampton’ printed on the back of her shirt.
Hampton’s confidence appears to have grown immensely this year after playing a key role in helping Chelsea claim an unbeaten domestic Treble.
Reflecting on her journey, she said: “It has been a bit of a whirlwind. Did I think, when I was a young girl, I’d be sitting here right now in the position I am? Absolutely not.
“But I am proud and I am looking forward to the challenges ahead. I think it’s going to be a summer of very exciting football.”
Hampton hopes to “fill the gloves” of previous England goalkeepers, including Mary Earps, who announced her shock retirement last month.
Earps is a two-time Fifa Best Goalkeeper award winner and played significant roles in England’s victory at Euro 2022 and en route to the 2023 World Cup final.
White admits she “feels sad” that Hampton will not be able to tap into Earps’ experience during the tournament and there is now even more scrutiny on the goalkeeping spot.
“It would have just been nice to have someone to be there for her and pass on that experience,” said White.
“She just needs to have a good first game – that is what I want for her. It won’t be easy against France because their frontline is outrageous.
“She needs to do the simple things and not do anything different. If she makes a slight mistake, I hope that doesn’t affect her and she can move forward.
“Everyone is human; everyone makes mistakes and that’s fine. It’s just the scrutiny will be so much more now.”
But Hampton appears at ease. She said she is enjoying training with uncapped goalkeepers Khiara Keating and Anna Moorhouse – and she is ready.
In a show of support for Israel’s occupation of Gaza, pro-Palestinian activists claimed to have damaged two military aircraft and entered a Royal Air Force base in central England in protest of the UK government’s support for Israel’s occupation of Gaza.
Two members of the political party, according to Palestine Action, sprayed paint on the engines of the Voyager aircraft and launched crowbars into their positions at the RAF Brize Norton military base in Oxfordshire.
The organization stated in a statement on Friday that the Israeli government was still receiving military cargo, flying spy planes over Gaza, and replenishing U.S./Israeli fighter jets, and posted a video of the incident on X.
Britain plays a significant role in the Middle East’s genocide and war crimes, according to the statement.
Two people were spotted passing through the Brize Norton base while riding electric scooters in the video. The turbine engines were then sprayed with red paint using recycled fire extinguishers.
Two military aircraft were harmed when Palestine Action broke into the Royal Air Force base in Brize Norton.
Daily flights from the base to Cyprus’ RAF Akrotiri take place.
British aircraft travel from Cyprus to gather intelligence, refuel fighter jets, and transport weapons to carry out a genocide in Gaza. pic. twitter.com/zzmFqGKW8N
The runway was covered in red paint that “symbolized Palestinian bloodshed,” according to the group.
The activists were able to leave the military compound without being arrested, according to the statement.
In a post on X, Prime Minister Keir Starmer criticized the “vandalism” as “disgraceful.”
The incident was being investigated by the police and the ministry of defense.
“The best of Britain’s armed forces are ours,” says one spokesman. They sacrificed their lives for us, and they inspire us all through their service, selfless sacrifice, and dedication,” according to a ministry statement.
“We have a duty to support those who defend us,” we said.
Pro-Palestine campaigners gathered earlier this month in London to demand a full arms embargo and harsh sanctions against the Israeli government.
Following the government’s announcement of a temporary arms suspension in September 2024, the UK-based Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) discovered that the UK increased its Israeli military equipment licensing.
According to US media reports, citing internal and government documents, Donald Trump could significantly increase his list of countries with a travel ban in the next few weeks to 36 more. 26 of those are in Africa.
With 10 countries already included on Trump’s initial list, citizens of 36 of Africa’s 54 nations could now be banned, fully or partially, from entering the US if the new list takes effect. In terms of traveling to the US, Africa would become the most dangerous region in the world due to this.
The visa bans are a result of Trump’s promised immigration crackdown, which has already been in place since he took office in January and has already severely restricted access to citizens of 19 African and Middle Eastern nations.
In a memorandum sent to US representatives in the affected countries on June 14, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the governments of those countries had been given 60 days to meet standards dictated by the Department of State. In addition, the memo requested that those nations provide a preliminary action plan in accordance with those goals by June 18.
The deadline has now passed. It is unclear if any of those countries have submitted the requested plans of action.
What are the current information and potential travel bans for Africa:
What number of African nations are included in the list?
Of the 36 new countries mentioned in the reported memo, 26 are in Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Djibouti, Ethiopia, Egypt, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Antigua and Barbuda, Bhutan, Cambodia, Dominica, Kyrgyzstan, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Syria, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu are other countries on the list, along with those in the Caribbean, Asia, the Pacific, and the Middle East.
According to the memo, nations that fail to adequately address concerns raised by the Trump administration may be advised for bans as soon as August.
Seven African countries were included on Trump’s first list of 12 countries completely banned from entering the US from June 4. Somalia, Chad, Libya, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, and the Republic of Congo. Sierra Leone, Burundi, and Togo are three more countries on a separate list of seven nations that are currently subject to limited US visa opportunities for their citizens.
This brings the total to 36 of Africa’s 54 countries on a potential ban list for travel to the US.
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Why does Trump impose restrictions on African nation citizens?
Saturday’s memo gave a wide range of reasons for a potential ban on the countries affected. Instead of providing specific justifications for each nation, it warned that each country had been flagged for a different reason.
According to one reason, some of the nations have been “sponsors of terrorism” or have citizens who have “been involved in acts of terrorism in the United States.” Others, as per the memo, do not have a credible “government authority to produce reliable identity documents”, have unreliable criminal records, or sell citizenship to people who do not live in their countries.
As well as the fact that some countries’ citizens frequently overstay their visas, there are also concerns about the state’s unwillingness to cooperate when resuming their deportation from the US.
According to the memo, the affected nations could address US concerns by agreeing to accept back deported people from other nations or agreeing to establish a “safe third country” where they will accept asylum seekers. Mineral-rich DRC proposed such a deal to the White House in March.
Trump stated in a video message from the White House in early June that the recent attack on a pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado “underscored the extreme dangers posed to our country by the entry of foreigners who are not properly vetted.”
Egyptian national Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who also resided in Kuwait, has since been detained and accused of a federal hate crime and a number of other state offenses. His wife and five children are presently detained by US immigration officials. Kuwait is not among the nations that are currently facing visa bans, but Egypt is currently being considered for a ban.
Trump has previously outlawed citizens of other nations, which critics claim are frequently low- and non-white. During his first presidential term, a controversial and highly-challenged policy, which came to be known as the “Muslim ban”, saw seven Muslim-majority countries on a red list that later expanded to include some low-income African nations. When he took office in 2021, former president Joe Biden voided the ban.
Idriss Deby, president of the Chad, is greeted by Emmanuel Macron (right), president of the EU, Charles Michel, and Emmanuel Macron (CEO) of the former European Council in Brussels, Belgium, on February 17, 2022.
How many people from African countries live in the US?
According to data from the US-based Migration Policy Institute, about two million of the country’s 44 million immigrants are from Africa. According to the US Census Bureau, nearly half of African immigrants immigrated to the US after 2010, making them the fastest-growing segment in recent years.
Many African immigrants are highly educated with one or more degrees, and represent the largest immigrant group in the labour force, the bureau reported. About 61 percent of Americans have naturalized citizenship.
According to data from the Migration Policy Institute, the number of immigrant immigrants in each country was broken down between 1960 and 2023.
Nigeria – 476, 000
Ethiopia: 278; 200
241, 000 in Ghana
Egypt – 225, 665
Liberia: 100, 800, and 800
Somalia: 92, 400
Cameroon – 90, 700
DRC: 62, 500
49 and 755 Eritrea
Sierra Leone – 45, 532
40 and 420 respectively, Tanzania
37, 000 Togo
Cabo Verde – 31, 441
Senegal – 28 / 581
Ivory Coast – 25 / 426
Zimbabwe – 24, 490
What possible effects might these people have?
According to experts, Trump’s travel bans are likely to leave many Americans uneasy.
Michelle Mittelstadt, director of communications at the Migration Policy Institute, told Al Jazeera at the time of the first travel ban announcement: “For citizens of these countries living in the US who are not naturalised citizens, the travel ban most likely will freeze them in place, as many will be fearful that they might not be permitted re-entry if they leave the US temporarily”.
Due to the immobility that many citizens of these nations will experience as well as the inability to travel legally to the US or apply for a permanent or temporary visa, Mittelstadt added, “a family ban could split.”
How frequently do people from these nations visit the US?
According to Statista, about 588, 177 visitors from Africa travelled to the US in 2024. There is no record of a country-by-country historical breakdown.
No African nation is listed among the top 20 nations visiting the US this year, according to US Department of Commerce data. About 100, 000 visitors have been recorded so far, from the African continent, mostly from:
24 800 South Africa
Nigeria: 18 093
Egypt – 13, 376
Ghana – 7 018
5 / 409 / Kenya
How are African countries responding to the looming US visa ban?
Yusuf Tuggar, the country’s foreign minister, warned this week that if citizens of West African nations are barred, the US might miss out on important and rare earth mineral deals.
In a meeting with his counterparts, Tuggar, who currently chairs the regional bloc Economic Community of West Africa’s (ECOWAS) council of foreign ministers, said, “This would be most unfortunate if it comes to pass.” He cited Nigeria’s reserves of oil and gas. Tanalite and uranium are both abundant in the nation.
According to Sarang Shidore, director of the US think tank Quincy Institute’s Global South program, visa bans are comparable to “building walls” between the US and targeted regions.
“Africa, particularly, is important to the United States as it is a site of natural resources, a growing market, and a talented population”, Shidore said. Washington should look for other, non-militarized ways to demonstrate its commitment to bolstering relations with African states if it wants to restrain migration and travel from the continent.
Trump has in fact shown a desire to negotiate lucrative deals for rare earth minerals, which are essential for the production of batteries for electric vehicles and smartphones.
For example, Washington and Beijing are set to sign an agreement that will see China provide rare earth elements and minerals crucial for manufacturing tech gadgets and weapons, in exchange for continued access to US schools for Chinese students, according to a social media post by Trump last week.
In exchange for aid in the country’s reconstruction after the Russian-Russian conflict ends, the US also announced a deal last month with Ukraine over rare earth minerals.
Chad responded to the inclusion of the first travel ban list by suspending US citizens’ visas when it first became available at the beginning of June. In a Facebook post, President Idriss Deby said: “I have instructed the government to act in accordance with the principles of reciprocity and suspend the issuance of visas to US citizens”.
The US Department of Homeland Security’s most recent statistics revealed that 49.5 percent of visitors to the country had the highest visa overstay rate.
Other affected African countries have adopted a more amiable tone.
Sierra Leone’s Information Minister Chernor Bah said in a statement that his country was ready to cooperate with the US. What else can we do, in our opinion? How can we work together with our US partners, who we trust will maintain a positive relationship, he said.
Trump’s initial proclamation in early June said Sierra Leone, which is now subject to partial restrictions, “has historically failed to accept back its removable nationals”.
Dahir Hassan, Somalia’s ambassador to the US, stated that the East African nation wanted to cooperate with the US. He stated that “Somalia values its long-standing relationship with the United States and is willing to talk through the issues raised.”
Trump’s proclamation described Somalia as “a terrorist safe haven” and stated: “Somalia lacks a competent or cooperative central authority for issuing passports or civil documents and it does not have appropriate screening and vetting measures”.
Meanwhile, the African Union urged the US to engage in more constructive dialogue and dialogue with African countries in order to maintain what it claimed were historically close ties in a statement released on June 5.
This slip-and-slide play set has been touted as “fantastic” for keeping kids entertained during the summer holidays and is ideal for this weekend’s heatwave. Amazon customers have gone crazy over it.
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‘Fantastic for summer’ slip’n’slide set is a must for keeping cool this heatwave(Image: Amazon)
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This play set receives glowing endorsements from the 5000 reviews, and there are many 5-star reviews. One thrilled customer states, “This product was fantastic the summer.” We used it with slime, which was also incredibly durable, and the water travels up through the little holes in the middle like a sprinkler. comes with ground pegs to keep it in place as well; I’d suggest for some cheap summer fun.
Another customer exclaims, “This was absolutely loved by the kids!” They spent hours working on it, and they also really struggled! a lot of fun and joy for them. Definitely advise”!
This consumer exclaims, “This was well worth the money. Wish I had gotten the triple lane and spent the extra fiver! Kids aged 8, 10 and 12 love it. Good quality and simple to set up. Mom can now relax while the kids are entertained without staring at a screen. Amazon, I appreciate it! “!
This customer claims to be more generous and that the item is “value for money because it was used every day for two weeks straight and there were no tears or issues.” simple to set up.
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This customer shares the same sentiments, saying, “Brilliant fun, works really well on our slightly sloped lawn. The kids enjoyed sliding on it for hours.
